Ctenopoma multispine (Peters, 1844) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Behaviour / ethology : Jubb, 1967 .
  • Colour pattern : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Stekelrige kurper (Afrikaans), Nkomo (Bemba: Zambia), Mangepigget buskfisk (Danish), Climbing perch / Many spined climbing perch / Many-spined climbing perch / Manyspined climbing perch / Manyspined ctenopoma (English), Piikkikiipijäkala (Finnish), Vielstacheliger Buschfisch (German), Kafudji / Musuta [Lwena (Luena, Tshokwe): Angola] .
  • Current distribution known : found in the Lufira River, Lualaba-Upemba, Luapula-Moero in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Upper Zambezi in Zambia and Angola and Cubango-Okovango-Ngami in Angola and Botswana. Also known from the Kunene, the Kafue and rivers of coastal Mozambique, and from the Cuanza and the Kwango, Kwilu and Kasai systems (middle Congo River basin) in Angola .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Ecology : Bell-Cross, 1966b | Bowmaker, 1961 | Ladiges, 1964 | Vierke, 1978 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Frade & Pinto, 1961 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on any suitably small creature, including insects, shrimps, and small fish. Well camouflaged; hunts by slowly stalking prey .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Bowmaker, 1961 | Bruton, 1979a | Cox, 1966 | De Kimpe, 1964 | Hulot, 1950b | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in vegetated riverine backwaters, floodplain lagoons, swamps and isolated pans .
  • Habitat_references : Bruton, 1979a | Jubb, 1961b | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Benl & Foersch, 1978 | Elsen, 1976 | Liem, 1963 | Marshall, 2011 | Peters, 1976 | Peters, 1976 | Skelton, 1988 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Parasites : Basson & Van As, 2002 .
  • Reproduction : may congregate in groups to breed. The eggs are scattered around and not guarded .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Peters, 1971 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Vierke, 1978 .
  • Size : 140 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Anabas machadoi Fowler, 1930: 43, fig. 12. Type locality: "Quanza River, at Chouzo, Angola". Holotype ANSP n° 51.800; paratypes ANSP 51.801-855.
    • Anabas rhodesianus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 b: 548. Type locality: "Livingstone, Rhodesia". Holotype SAM 10793 (now at AMG.
    • Anabas vernayi Fowler, 1935 a: 279, fig. 15. Type locality: "Chobe River, below rapids, three miles from Kasane". Holotype TM 15.291.
    • Ctenopoma multispinis Peters, 1844 a: 34. Type-locality: "Mozambique, Quellimane". Syntypes BMNH 1861.5.2:74, FMNH 54262 [CM 2891, ex ZMB 1374], MNHN 2239, SMF 1794 [ex ZMB in 1850], ZMB 1374, 1375, 1376, 23980, 32267.
  • Use and trade : has a commercial importance as an aquarium fish .